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v. 1. Chronology / Jeffrey Ian Ross

Section I. Crime, criminal justice, and violence. Introduction to crime, criminal justice, and violence in American Indian communities / Jeffrey Ian Ross

American Indian gangs / Adrienne Freng

Corruption on Indian reservations / Stan Weeber

Criminal victimization of Native Americans / M. George Eichenberg

Criminal violence in American Indian and Alaska Native communities / Sidney L. Harring

The current state of Indian country corrections in the United States / William G. Archambeault

Hate crimes against Native Americans: contexts and consequences / Barbara Perry

Policing Indian country: law enforcement on reservations / L. Edward Wells

Native youth delinquency / Favian Alejandro Martin

Section II. Culture. Introduction to culture in American Indian communities / Jeffrey Ian Ross

Indigenous peoples and the borders on the North American continent / Yuka Mizutani

Language loss and language revitalization in American Indian communities / Marcellino Berardo, Lizette Peter, and Tracy Hirata-Edds

Contemporary issues in Native American religion / Owen Anderson

Representing Native Americans in sports / Karen Schaumann-Beltrán

Section III. Family. Introduction to the family in American Indian communities / Jeffrey Ian Ross

Child maltreatment in Indian country / Delores Subia Bigfoot, Lana O. Beasely, and Diane J. Willis

Indian children at risk of child sexual abuse: historical and contemporary themes / Paul D. Steele

Native Americans and domestic violence / Laura L. Finley

Native elders / Lori L. Jervis and William Sconzert-Hall

Section IV. Health. Introduction to health in American Indian communities / Jeffrey Ian Ross

"The sore that does not heal": Native Americans and cancer / Dorothy Bracey

"Closing the gap": the diabetes mellitus epidemic among American Indians and Alaskan Natives / Gregory R. Campbell

Health transitions, health care, and health inequities among American Indians and Alaskan Natives / Gregory R. Campbell

v. 2. American Indian and Alaskan Native mental health issues / Favian Alejandro Martin

Native Americans and abuse of alcohol and drugs / M. George Eichenberg

Native Americans, environmental harms, and justice / Michael J. Lynch and Paul B. Stretesky

Physical activity, nutrition, and obesity in American Indians and Alaska Native children and families / Paul Spicer

The status of HIV/AIDS, risk behaviors, prevention, and intervention among U.S. American Indian and Alaska Native populations / Christine Wilson Duclos and Yvonne M. Hamby

Wiping the tears of American Indian and Alaska Native youth: suicide risk and prevention / Maria Yellow Horse Brave Heart, Doreen M. Bird, Deborah Altschul, and Annette S. Crisanti

Section V. Work and society. Introduction to work and society in American Indian communities / Jeffrey Ian Ross

Contemporary social pressures facing American Indians / Kathleen O'Halleran

Housing pressures facing American Indians / Kathleen O'Halleran

Improving American Indian education through best practices / Jon Reyhner

Native American employment and unemployment issues / Yuka Mizutani

"Rationally designed to further Indian self-government": American Indians and affirmative action / D. Anthony Clark

Gambling: a blessing and a curse / James W. Zion

Time for a new paradigm for American Indian policy and Law? / James W. Zion.

Indians of North America > Criminal justice system.

Indians of North America > Social conditions.

Indians of North America > Government relations.